United States Postal Service

Dear Postal Workers of the United States of America,

I APPRECIATE YOU.

Love, Me

Dear Everyone Else,

Help save the USPS. Help save 6 days a week of mail. Help save millions of jobs.

All you have to do is send a letter, a postcard, a crazy package. Everyone likes to get mail, especially if it's not bills. Write a love letter to your own husband or kids, pay for postage and send it to them. It's inexpensive compared to many other things and every single letter counts.

Get your bills in your inbox if you want (I do), but get your correspondence in your mailbox.

Join a website like Swap-Bot or Postcrossing to make it fun and a little more social. Find pen pals on Facebook or twitter. Whatever you do DO IT FAST.

Also, tell your postal workers you like them, appreciate them and be nice, they have a thankless job.

Love, Me

Weekend Happy Mail!

Don't forget to enter the Chandelier Acrylic Stamp Giveaway Here!

I got the most wonderful happy mail from honeybee on Saturday! I have only participated in a few swaps since I was let go from my job in December. Unemployment was about 1/4 of my regular salary, and even the temp job I have now only lasts until August and they pay about 1/2 what I was making before. With gas prices... WAIT A MINUTE! I thought this post was supposed to be about happy mail? Geesh, get on with it already!

I know, awesome right? In case anyone is interested you can find the swap details here: Woodland Theme Swap. If you enjoy fun mail and meeting some really nice people I HIGHLY recommend Swap-Bot.com, I have nothing but good luck over there. If you join look me up! My profile is HERE under Kiwivandal (what else?)

October Happy Mail!

My partner for October (Hi Amber!) went WAY, WAY above and beyone this month, I could not believe all the fab goodies in this box. I literally screamed and giggled through the whole box.

The paper roll turned out to be a huge stack of gorgeous, flocked and glittered papers

There is a little journal hiding under all this awesomeness that is so sweet, perfect size for my bag and lined paper for listing (you know how I love a good list).

Here is some of teh delicious papers, It's really thick paper too, and the picture does nothing for the colors, I need a new camera.

Thank you Amber! I hope you get your box soon!

A whole lot a mail today!

My big stack of fun ready to be opened:


BIRD, BIRD, BIRD ATC Swap from @weeatcrayons on swapbot, this ATC was too cute! It's hard to tell here, but it is made with felt and ribbon, all stitched up. It was very thick and hard to fit in my collection binder but I trimmed a little of the cardboard backing and it made it in :)

This ATC was for the FOOD ATC swap:

These images are so awesome, they were from a wish list item posted in the Scraptopia Group forum on swap-bot, there are about a billion TEA themed stamps in here I am going to use to make invitations to a Winter Wonderland Tea party I am hosting in January (more on that after the holidays).

I got a huge surprise when I went to the PO today, a BIG box from My happy mail partner Amber, and a bunch of swaps. It was almost like Christmas! Thank you for all my goodies guys!

In Other News...

I feel like a train wreck today. So tired, and it's all my own fault (as usual). I decided a long time ago that I would be attending the midnight release party at Gamestop for Modern Warfare 2 and that's exactly what I did until 12:30, then the long drive home. Was it worth it? YES, and I glad there are no Call of Duty games coming out that will require me to stay up WAY past my bedtime anytime soon? YES.
The party was great. There were prizes, and excitement, and costumes. I wish I had remembered my camera, I thought about it before I left but as I neared the exit to Littleton, NH I realized I forgot it on the table. Ah Well, any of you who are gamer friends were there yourself somewher in the country waiting just like me, and those of you who aren't could imagine something close to teh Harry Potter craze maybe.

I got my latest Etsy find in the mail yesterday and my new Creating Keepsakes magazine too.. I have a feeling I will be very busy over the next few days, it was a bit like Christmas, without the obnoxious carols.